Addiction Recovery Methods & Support Articles and Resources

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As an Addict, Can God’s Love Really Save You?

Christian Cross On Hill At Dawn I’ll never forget the day that, as a 27-year-old youth pastor, I got a phone call from another pastor in a frantic frenzy asking me, “Ryan, have you heard what happened to Robert*?” I quickly responded, “No, I haven’t, but it sounds serious!” After finding out the facts, it was. Robert had been dabbling with [...]
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Applying DBT Skills to Overcome Triggers in Addiction Recovery

Woman overcoming triggers in sexual addiction Though originally developed to treat individuals with borderline personality disorder and suicidal thoughts, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) is now used to treat a wide variety of mental health issues and is used in addiction recovery. The term dialectical refers to ideas and opinions that are opposing, and DBT focuses on the concept that a person [...]
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How Your Pastor Can Help You Kick Your Addiction to Drugs

Man Praying and reading scripture Pastors are often thought to be “men of the cloth” who basically sit around drink coffee, read books and pray all day. While this caricature isn’t exactly false, it certainly doesn’t capture the heroic work of our founder and leader, Jesus Christ, who beat up demons, challenged religious systems and offered healing and grace to [...]
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How Christ Can Help Someone Addicted to Prescription Drugs

Woman thinking about naxolene and opioid addiction I remember reading the testimony of Barnabas Piper a few years ago and audibly agreeing as I read the story of a troubled young man turned Jesus follower all in the amount of time that it took him to drink a six pack. Barnabas describes his conversion this way: “I went to the store bought [...]
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Why Do We Relapse in Drug Addiction Recovery?

adolescents and substance abuse - Girl drinking alcohol Contributor: Nikki Baker, Content Writer at JourneyPure. “I have a problem,” you say to yourself. It’s a brave and scary thing to admit that your drug addiction is beyond your control. That this addiction is taking over your life, isolating you from friends and family. You’ve come to realize you are now a shell of [...]
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